How well did Elizabeth Settlement work? - Puritans

Question 1

Elizabeth religious settlement faced challenges from whom?

Answer 1

Puritans and Catholics

Question 2

What is Puritans?

Answer 2

Radical protestants who wanted a complete break with Catholic traditions.

Question 3

List 2 controversies that highlight the nature of the Puritan challenge?

Answer 3

1. The crucifix controversy
2. The vestment controversy.

Question 4

What did Puritans and Elizabeth think about crucifixes? and what happened?

Answer 4

• Puritans: Crucifixes represent idols became object of worships.
  Elizabeth: She liked them and wanted churches to keep their familiar feel.
• Elizabeth demanded that each church display a crucifix, but she backed down because puritan bishops threatened to resign and there is not enough trained protestant to replace

Question 5

What is vestment?

Answer 5

special robes for priests

Question 6

What did Puritans and Elizabeth think about vestment? and what happened?

Answer 6

• Puritans: They don’t like it because it suggest they(priest) were more important than ordinary people. Elizabeth: She wanted the clergy to wear it, as set out in the Royal injunctions
• Archbishop of Canterbury shows priests what vestments they must wear and when in London. 37 did not attend and were sacked.

Question 7

Radical protestants who wanted a complete break with Catholic traditions.

Answer 7

Puritans